I got to meet Josh Williams, Co-Founder of Gowalla, which was amazing! In this interview, Andrew Waldrup, Texas State graduate & Gowalla employee, explains Gowalla’s presence at SxSw. The Gowalla airstream is up on 5th street in between Trinity and San Jacinto. Gowalla and crew were on site handing out awesome T-shirts and passports for […]
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This panel very quickly turned into a conversation featuring representatives from Al-Jazeera English, NPR, MSNBC.com, Reuters and other media organizations. Social media isn’t responsible for revolutions. No one is arguing that here. Only 5 percent of people in Libya, for example, have Internet access. But it does play an important role. The conversation bounced around […]
“Location-based game” is a mouthful. Zach Saul and John-Paul Walton, founders of Dokobots suggest instead the term “geogame.” A geogame “uses technology to augment the real world.” Most people are familiar with the top location-based social media tools, Foursquare, SCVNGR and Gowalla, but Saul and Walton said geogames have great opportunities to grow beyond simple […]